BOX SCORE PETERBOROUGH, Ont. (October 18, 2015)- The Queen's Gaels men's soccer team defeated the Trent Excalibur 4-2 on Sunday afternoon, giving them some breathing room in the OUA East division standings heading into the final week of the regular season.

GAME FLOW
The Gaels fell behind early in the first half when Dave Lippert got a shot past Taylor Reynolds (Kingston, Ont.) in the 13th minute. Queen's evened up the score 1-1 just before halftime with a strike from Patrick van Belleghem (Kenora, Ont.).

In the second half it only took eight minutes for the Gaels to take the lead when rookie Brevin Mackay (Ottawa, Ont.) netted the go ahead goal. Queen's lead was short lived when Excalibur's Will Horton tied up the game in the 60th minute. The Gaels attack was too much for Trent as the second half continued with Queen's scored off an own goal from the Excalibur player in the 75 minute to take the lead. The Gaels put the game out of reach in the 84th minute with a goal from midfielder William Twardek (Ottawa).

The Gaels (8-2-4) have a four-point cushion on the fourth-place Carleton Ravens (6-2-6) with just two games remaining for all the East division squads. They also sit just one point back from the Toronto Varsity Blues (9-3-2) in second, but remain five back of Ryerson (10-1-3).

BY THE NUMBERS
5 - Number of Saves made by Queen's Goalkeeper Taylor Reynolds
2 - Number of Yellow cards give to Trent
0 - Amount of Corner Kicks Queen's Allowed 
+9 - Goal differential for Queen's this season

UP NEXT
Queen's, who has already clinched a guaranteed home game in the post-season, will be looking to move ahead of the Varsity Blues and into second-place, which comes with a first-round playoff bye. The Gaels conclude their season at Miklas-McCarney Field next Saturday and Sunday when they host the Nipissing and Laurentian respectively. Both games kick-off at 2:15 p.m.

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